The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.

They say that when we go through mountainous trials and tribulations, we do so because we are very close to achieving something great.

Sometimes doors are closed,  before you so that you are forced to stretch out of your comfort zone and challenge yourself to reach new heights that you would otherwise not have reached for.

Your trials are there to perfect you and to shape and polish you.

If you never endure any friction then you will never reach far enough to grab the true potential you have inside of you.

These paths that life takes you on, is unique and different from anyone else, our path is always changing, like the season for season, year to year, situation by situation.

Our path is never static.

Do I want to participate in making this path in my life, many times, this walk that I have to walk on, this trial that I am forced to go through? And you feel as if you are just stuck there and there is no way out and the bloody polishing of your very nature gets stretched beyond that and you think to yourself: "can I handle this?".

I think of the story in the Bible, where the disciples of Jesus were in a storm and they thought they were going to die, then suddenly Jesus shows up.

When you least expect it – God makes an appearance. Not the way I always want it or envision it or how I want it done but He does come.

He comes in ways and means that is not always noticeable to the human eye but to the spirit of man, you know he showed up to the party.

Yes there are many sermons out there, that trials and tribulations are for:

      1-      To refine the human spirit   

      2-      To check our commitment to God       

      3-      Testing us in all areas

      4-      To testify of His person “I am”

      5-      To have a testimony

But …

I prefer to think/believe that he wants to show me how much He loves me and that I am a vessel, polished to perfection to shine His glory.

Am I facing a trial now?
 I am.

Is it easy?

No, it’s not

Do I want to get off this road I am forced to walk on?
Get me out of here now!